The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 4J. Dodsley, 1762 - History |
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... crowns , could at beft be only void and illufory , and might in the end even prove the fource of dangerous and captious altercati- ons . The English minifter there- fore , before he would agree to treat definitively upon any point , and ...
... crowns , could at beft be only void and illufory , and might in the end even prove the fource of dangerous and captious altercati- ons . The English minifter there- fore , before he would agree to treat definitively upon any point , and ...
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... crowns in North America . Secondly , the conquests of Great Britain in the Weft Indies , together with the neu- tral iflands there . Thirdly , our conquets in Africa and in India . Fourthly , the adjustment of the particular affair ...
... crowns in North America . Secondly , the conquests of Great Britain in the Weft Indies , together with the neu- tral iflands there . Thirdly , our conquets in Africa and in India . Fourthly , the adjustment of the particular affair ...
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... crowns with regard to their allies . Here was a real , a capital difficulty . From the beginning of the nego- tiation , England had declared that they would inviolably preferve their faith to the king of Pruffia , and would act ...
... crowns with regard to their allies . Here was a real , a capital difficulty . From the beginning of the nego- tiation , England had declared that they would inviolably preferve their faith to the king of Pruffia , and would act ...
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... crown to beftow . His majefty at the fame time expreffed himself not only fatisfied with the opinion of the majority of his council , but declared he would have found him- felf under the greatest difficulty how to have acted , had that ...
... crown to beftow . His majefty at the fame time expreffed himself not only fatisfied with the opinion of the majority of his council , but declared he would have found him- felf under the greatest difficulty how to have acted , had that ...
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... crown , and violate the proper- ty of its fubjects . They reckoned up the difgraces which the nation " had fuffered before Mr. Pitt had entered into the management of " affairs , and the victories and con- " quefts which were the fruit ...
... crown , and violate the proper- ty of its fubjects . They reckoned up the difgraces which the nation " had fuffered before Mr. Pitt had entered into the management of " affairs , and the victories and con- " quefts which were the fruit ...
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affiftance affure againſt alfo allies anfwer becauſe befides cafe caufe city of London confequence confiderable courfe court crown declaration defign defire duke earl eftate enemy England fafe faid fame fecond fecurity feemed feen fent fervants ferved fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhips fhould fide filk fince fire firft fituation fmall foldiers fome foon fpirit France French frigate ftate ftill fubjects fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fupport himſelf honour horfes houfe houſe ifland intereft juft juftice king king's laft lately leaft lefs letter likewife loft London lord mafter majefty majefty's manner meaſure ment minifter moft moſt muft neceffary neral obferved occafion paffed peace perfons pleafed pleaſed pleaſure Pondicherry prefent prifoners prince propofed Pruffia purpoſe queen reafon refpect reft royal ſhall Spain thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion treaty uſe veffels weft whofe
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